The effectiveness of a training program based on the model of social information processing in modifying cognitive biases and improving university Engagement for first year students at the university level

The current study aimed to verify the effectiveness of the training program based on the model of social information processing in modifying cognitive bias and improving the level of university engagement among first year students at the university. The study sample consisted of (60) male and female students from the first year students at the Faculty of Education - Helwan University,  they were divided into two groups (30 for the experimental group and 30 for the control group, they are students who represent the lowest quartile according to their grades on the scale of cognitive biases and the scale of university engagement, and was used The program based on the model of social information processing (researcher preparation) and the scale of cognitive biases prepared by the researcher, and the scale of university engagement (researcher preparation), and using T- test  and calculating the size of the impact, The results concluded that the training program based on the model of social information processing had an effective impact in Improving some cognitive biases (Fundamental Attribution Error bias - Halo effect bias - Confirmation bias - Bias blind spot) and improving university engagement and its dimensions (cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and social Engagement).  Results were discussed and some recommendations related to the results of the study and its areas were presented.